Improvement in drawer-pulls



W. N. WEEDEN.

DRAWER-PULL.

No.1.74.,599. lnatented March 7,1876.

N. PETER UlvirnnA vSrrrrEs PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONN., ASSIGNOR TO THE BENEDICT AND BURNHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENTl IN DRAWER-PULLS.

Specification forminglpar't of Letters Patent N 0. l74,599,'dated March 7, 1876; application vfiled January 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, oi' Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Drawer-Pulls and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked theron, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, sectional side view Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and- 6, detached views.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of drawer-pulls in which the knob is hinged to the socket, the object being to construct the parts of sheet metal and to avoid soldering; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

The socket proper is formedin three parts athe cover or t'ront, bthe neck, and c the shank. This shank may be made ot' sheet or'cast metal, and may be made a part ot' the neck b. This neck is made ot' substantially bell shape, expanding from the shank. The cover or front a is ot' hemispherical forln, and constructed with a slot, d, through which the neck of the knob will pass, and so as to inclose the ball c. The ball is placed within the front or cap a, and then the edges ot' the parts a b one closed over the other, as at f, thus securing the parts together without solder, and formin gthe socket so that thel ball ot' the knob yis secured by this closing process, and without necessity of lthe pintle usually employed to hinge the knob to the socket. The ball c is struck into spherical form from sheet metal, as seen in section, Fig. 2, with a peribration, h, through one side. 'The neck l is also struck from sheet metal, with a shoulder, a, corresponding to the perforation h in the ball c, and these two are secured together by placing the ball upon the shoulder n and then striking the projection of the neck down upon the inside of the ball, as seen in Fig. 5. Y

While I prefer to form the shoulder on the neck part b, it may be formed upon the ball, and the projection pass into a corresponding perforation in the end of the neck, the closing being substantially the same in either case.

This enables the production of this part of the knob in sheet metal, and without soldering.

The spindle by which the knob is attached to the ball may be soldered into the neck, but, to avoid this, the spindlemis constructed with a shouldered head, 1^, corresponding to the shoulder of the neck and the perforation through it into the ball, and so that the head ot' the spindle may be passed into the neck, bear against the shoulder in the neck, and its end protrude into the ball, and there riveted down, as seen in Fig. 6. This may be done at the same time the neck and ball are closed together.

I claimy l. The herein described improvement in drawer-pulls, consisting of the bell-shaped neck b and cap a, combined to form the socket t'or the balle, thesaid neck and cap closed together, the edge ot'y one over theedge of the other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the ball c and neck l, united by the shoulder 011 one part and projection therefrom into the other, such projection struck down upon the inner surface ofthe other part, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the ball c and neckl, united by the shoulder on one part and projection therefrom into the other, and the spilldle m, with a shoulder to form a bearing in one ofthe said parts and extend into the other, the said parts secured together by striking or upset-ting the spindle, substantially as described.

IWM, N. WEEDEN. Witnesses:

FRED. A. MASON, E. L. BRoNsoN. 

